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    Press kit: The Cost of Late Cybersecurity Engagement in MedTech

    Quantifying submission delay, deficiency rate, and remediation cost for teams that engage cybersecurity early vs. late.

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    Email press@bluegoatcyber.com for interviews, custom data cuts, or fact-check requests. We respond same-day for active stories. Lead author for this report: Christian Espinosa, Founder & CEO.

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    Deficiency rate by engagement-timing tier

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    Share of submissions receiving a cybersecurity deficiency, by tier.

    Pending data extract - chart will render once the analyst team and legal review approve the underlying numbers.

    Source: Blue Goat Cyber engagement dataset, 2022-2025. · Unit: % of submissions

    Time to clearance by engagement-timing tier

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    Median days from submission filing to FDA clearance, by tier.

    Pending data extract - chart will render once the analyst team and legal review approve the underlying numbers.

    Source: Blue Goat Cyber engagement dataset, 2022-2025. · Unit: days (median)

    Remediation effort by engagement-timing tier

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    Median engineering hours required to close cybersecurity deficiencies, by tier.

    Pending data extract - chart will render once the analyst team and legal review approve the underlying numbers.

    Source: Blue Goat Cyber engagement dataset, 2022-2025. · Unit: hours (median)

    Deficiency count vs. weeks-before-filing engagement started

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    Per-engagement scatter of deficiency count against engagement start time.

    Pending data extract - chart will render once the analyst team and legal review approve the underlying numbers.

    Source: Blue Goat Cyber engagement dataset, 2022-2025. · Unit: deficiencies

    Submission outcome distribution by tier

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    Share of submissions clearing on first review, after one round of deficiencies, or later.

    Pending data extract - chart will render once the analyst team and legal review approve the underlying numbers.

    Source: Blue Goat Cyber engagement dataset, 2022-2025. · Unit: % of submissions

    Citation

    Blue Goat Cyber. (2026). The Cost of Late Cybersecurity Engagement in MedTech. https://bluegoatcyber.com/research/cost-of-late-cybersecurity-engagement-2026

    Canonical report URL: https://bluegoatcyber.com/research/cost-of-late-cybersecurity-engagement-2026

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